Cypress to withdraw from PLD businessNews & Analysis 7/31/2003 Post a commentCypress Semiconductor Wednesday (July 30)confirmed that it is phasing out its programmable logic business, saying that it makes little sense to fight with a handful of chip companies that focus exclusively on PLDs.

On Semi posts Q2 loss amid 5% sales dropNews & Analysis 7/30/2003 Post a commentOn Semiconductor Corp. reported sales of $256.2 million in the second quarter of 2003, a decline of 5 percent from $269.5 million in the previous quarter and compared to $280.6 million in the like period a year ago.

4-MHz regulator can supply up to 4 ampsProduct News 7/30/2003 Post a commentLinear Technology Corp.'s LTC3414 is a high-efficiency, 4-MHz synchronous buck regulator in a 20-lead thin-shrink small-outline package using a constant-frequency, current-mode architecture that the company says can deliver up to 4 amperes of continuous current at output voltages down to 0.8 volt.

LDO regulators offer 400-mV dropoutProduct News 7/30/2003 Post a commentSipex Corp.'s SPX-2950x family of low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators is said to provide output current of up to 5 amps, dropout of 400 millivolts typical and fast transient response.

Hynix to ship DDR500 SDRAM in AugustNews & Analysis 7/29/2003 Post a commentTroubled Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said Tuesday (July 29, 2003) that it has developed a 500-MHz 256-Mbit double data rate synchronous DRAM and that volume production would begin in August 2003.

IC inventories fall in Q2 over Q1, says iSuppliNews & Analysis 7/28/2003 Post a commentThe semiconductor industry is slowly returning to heath, as excess chip inventories fell from $300 million in the first quarter of 2003, to $150 million in the second quarter, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp.

Hong Kong firm offers 'Chinese' CPU for Linux PCsNews & Analysis 7/28/2003 Post a commentCulturecom Holdings Ltd., originally a publisher of Chinese language 'fighting' comics that migrated into information technology in the 1990s, said recently that it has started selling its V-Dragon microprocessor intended for use in PCs for the China market.

Court ruling rocksGenesis MicrochipNews & Analysis 7/28/2003 Post a commentIn trying to sort out a two-year-old lawsuit, Genesis Microchip Inc. may have negotiated itself into a jam that could complicate its pending merger with Pixelworks and saddle the display IC supplier with significant licensing fees.

U.S. ITC finds against Hynix in DRAM caseNews & Analysis 7/28/2003 Post a commentWith a trade dispute still hanging over it in Europe, Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said last week's decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission to uphold tariffs against the company in the United States will not affect its ability to serve its customers.

TriQuint posts loss on 2% sales jumpNews & Analysis 7/24/2003 Post a commentTriQuint Semiconductor Inc. posted sales of $72.8 million in the quarter, up 19 percent compared to the second quarter of 2002 and up 1.6 percent compared to the first quarter of 2003.

High-volt buck regulator switches at 500 kHz in auto, telecom appsProduct News 7/24/2003 Post a commentNational Semiconductor Corp.'s LM5007 buck dc/dc regulator IC is said to break new ground with its ability to step down from an 80-volt primary-side power supply and produce a low-voltage (10-V typical) bias supply for secondary-side control devices at a cost of less than a dollar in large volume quantities.

ST to upgrade 6-in. fabs, posts 5% sales jumpNews & Analysis 7/23/2003 Post a commentSTMicroelectronics Inc. today (July 23) said that it plans to upgrade a large percentage of its older 6-inch fab capacity to 8-inch substrates--a move that will involve an undisclosed amount of restructuring at the chip maker.

LSI Logic's loss widens amid 9% sales jumpNews & Analysis 7/23/2003 Post a commentLSI Logic Corp. reported revenues of $407 million in the second quarter of 2003, a 9 percent sequential increase compared to the $373 million reported in the first quarter of 2003, and a decline of 7 percent compared to the $438 million reported in the second quarter of 2002.

ITC upholds DRAM duties against HynixNews & Analysis 7/23/2003 Post a commentThe U.S. International Trade Commission Wednesday upheld a June ruling by the U.S. Commerce Department, finding that Hynix Semiconductor Inc. was responsible for causing injury to the U.S. DRAM industry when it accepted what Commerce found to be illegal government subsidies channeled to the company through several Korean banks.

Philips keeps options open after Adelante saleNews & Analysis 7/23/2003 Post a commentPhilips Semiconductor executives are downplaying speculation that the Adelante Technologies DSP core unit will be folded back into the parent company after selling the spin-off's key design tool technology to ARM Ltd.